Reborn Action Star: Starting in Hollywood

Chapter 11 is finally finalized
"I heard that your movie was not well received at the jury meeting. In my opinion, your action scenes are not well designed. Lin Yuan can help you." Director Cohen said straight to the point.

"I've seen the promotional video that Lin Yuan shot for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. His swordsmanship is fantastic. But, it won't be useful in my movie, right?" Director Johnston expressed his doubts.

"You may not know that Lin Yuan is also an actor who can perform high-difficulty action scenes like Jackie Chen. Chased by dinosaurs, he will perform a wonderful escape in the dense forest and ruins, which will definitely be very exciting." Director Cohen recommended enthusiastically.

"You make sense. This could be very helpful to my film. Can I hire Lin Yuan as my action director?"

After hearing Director Johnston's answer, Lin Yuan keenly felt that his worries were confirmed.

He also didn't want to give himself a chance.

"Are you kidding? Does Lin Yuan need this little salary as an action director? I hope you can give him an important role instead of a behind-the-scenes job." Director Cohen said with a gloomy face.

"I also admire Lin Yuan, but I really can't use him."

"Are you a racist too? You also think that Chinese people are not worthy of being leading actors in Hollywood?" Director Cohen was quite angry.

"Damn it! I don't care about this, but the audience won't buy into using Chinese as the lead actor. My movie is already facing many crises. If I continue like this, is it not dying fast enough?" Director Johnston looked embarrassed, but still refused.

"you……"

Director Cohen wanted to argue, but he couldn't say the second half of his words.

Director Johnston's concerns are not without reason. "Jurassic Park 3" has already been generally viewed negatively, and if a Chinese actor is cast as the lead actor, it will probably be a complete failure.

As a director, he has to be responsible to the company and investors, as well as the entire crew. He cannot let his movie take such a big risk.

"Oh..." Director Cohen sighed and was ready to give up persuading him.

"Lin, it looks like we're not very lucky tonight."

Director Cohen turned his head to look at Lin Yuan, but was surprised to find that Lin Yuan suddenly started laughing out loud.

"Ha ha ha ha……"

"Lin Yuan, what's wrong with you? Are you okay?" Director Cohen asked worriedly.

"What's so funny?" Director Johnston was a little annoyed.

"I'm laughing at how naive some people are. They've already lost, and their careers are ruined, yet they're still hesitating. Isn't that ridiculous?"

"Lin Yuan, don't talk nonsense." Director Cohen advised.

"Director Johnston, you should know whether I am talking nonsense or not!" Lin Yuan was very sure.

Director Johnston's face turned pale and blue, and he was struggling violently inside.

"He has no way out. If he doesn't cooperate with us, he'll be kicked out of Hollywood."

At this critical moment, Lin Yuan hit him with another heavy stone.

After much hesitation, Director Johnston finally spoke up: "You're right, young man. I have no way out. What do you think I should do?"

Hearing his words, Lin Yuan knew that he finally had a chance to persuade him further.

As a born-again person, he also has some understanding of Director Johnston.

The director is a special effects artist. In his early years, he worked as a concept artist and special effects artist in the movie "Star Wars" directed by George Lucas.

He later won an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects for Spielberg's Raiders of the Lost Ark.

As a director who changed his career lately, he knows that opportunities are rare and he needs to prove himself with achievements.

Once he fails, investors won't easily give him a second chance. In the future, Lin Yuan learns that he didn't recover from the failure of "Jurassic Park 3" until more than a decade later, when he got another chance to direct a commercial hit, "Captain America."

Therefore, Director Johnston’s biggest worry is: he can’t afford to lose!
If you want to convince him, the best way is not to invite him, but to provoke him!
Director Cohen's way of persuasion was to tell the other party the benefits of using Lin Yuan.

But director Johnston is very cautious and would rather give up these benefits than face the risk of audience rejection.

However, Lin Yuan did the opposite and directly pointed out the fear in the other party's heart. The effect of intimidation was far greater than inducement.

Because human nature is that the fear of loss is greater than the joy of gain.

"How can I turn the tables?" Seeing that Lin Yuan did not answer, Director Johnston asked again.

"If we can do the following two things, our film industry can still be saved!"

Lin Yuan has secretly changed the name of "Jurassic Park 3" to "our movie."

"Please tell me!"

"The first point is that we must give the film a core value and strengthen the character development."

"What kernel is suitable?" asked Director Johnston.

"The path to harmonious coexistence between species. Since dinosaurs have already been created and we don't intend to destroy them, exploring ways to coexist with them is inevitable."

"We should explore how different species and races can benefit each other and coexist harmoniously in movies. So the leading actors shouldn't just be white people, there should also be black and yellow people."

Although Lin Yuan chose this core as a basis for his own starring role, he has to admit that this is indeed the correct main theme, and it is in line with the values ​​of European and American people at first glance.

"What about the second point? Go on."

"The second point is that I personally designed the escape scenes when the dinosaurs were chasing me. If you want a spectacular escape, you can't just run around blindly. You have to carefully consider how to use the environment."

"Okay, I need your detailed plan. If your plan can convince me, then the leading role will be yours." Director Johnston finally made up his mind.

"I won't let you down. Wait for my good news." Lin Yuan appeared extremely confident.

He finally breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, having finally overcome the two difficulties tonight.

I finally got a foothold in Hollywood.

After achieving success in their own country, domestic filmmakers all want to enter Hollywood to prove themselves.

There is nothing we can do about it. Not to mention that it is 2000 now, and there is still widespread worship of foreign things in China.

Even in 2024, Europe and the United States still hold the world's cultural hegemony.

No matter how successful you are in the domestic film industry, you can only call yourself an Asian superstar.

But if you reach the top in Hollywood, you will be crowned as a world superstar.

Any Chinese who can become famous in Hollywood will be immediately treated as a star when he returns to China.

It can be called a dimensionality reduction attack.

But why are the benefits so great that everyone comes to Hollywood to try their luck?
It’s because it’s too difficult!

Tonight, Lin Yuan experienced thoroughly how difficult it is for a Chinese actor to make a name for himself in Hollywood through his negotiation with two white directors.

Now, he just needs to come up with a practical plan to successfully take this most difficult step.

(End of this chapter)